#BEBE74#BEBE74

#BEBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.096 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE74
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -11.04, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 38.95, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0303 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.096 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8016, 49.0359, 23.7298)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE74 #7474BE

analogous

#BE9974 #BEBE74 #99BE74

triadic

#BEBE74 #74BEBE #BE74BE

tetradic

#BEBE74 #74BE99 #7474BE #BE7499

square

#BEBE74 #74BE99 #7474BE #BE7499

split-complementary

#BEBE74 #7499BE #9974BE

monochromatic

#7D7D3A #A7A74E #BEBE74 #D2D29E #E5E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BEBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE74

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE74	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.096 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19d',
    500: '#bebe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe74;
$custom-light: #d3d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE74

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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